2011 Ford F-550 Engine cooling Problems
- Complaints
- 1about this part
- Share
- 8%of 12 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 18,000miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 1 complaints about the engine cooling of the 2011 Ford F-550, 8% of the 12 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 18,000 miles. 2 recall campaigns on record are filed under a similar system.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“The contact owns a 2011 Ford f-150. The contact stated that the check engine light illuminated on the instrument panel and the vehicle stalled shortly after the failure. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the interior lining of the fuel tank shed into the fuel tank and damaged the engine. The dealer stated that both fuel tanks would have to be replaced and the engine would need to be cleaned. Two years later, after the contact's vehicle was out of warranty, the failure recurred. …”
NHTSA complaint #10789548, filed 2015-11, 18,000 milesRelated recalls
- 15V052000Jan 30, 2015All Wheel Drive Equipment Mfg., Inc. (All Wheel) is recalling one model year 2011 Ford F-550 truck with a 6.8L gasoline engine manufactured May 14, 2010, to…Covers: Ford F-550 2011
- 14V411000Jul 8, 2014J.C. Madigan, Inc. (J.C. Madigan) is recalling one model year 2011 Ford F-550, and one model year 2013 Ford F-450 chassis with a 6.8L gasoline engine dump…Covers: Ford F-550 2011, F-450 SD 2013
Related service bulletins
- 10057811Jan 9, 2015Ford: certain 2011-2015 ford f-super duty with 6.7 diesel engines may experience a vibration buzz noise from the diesel fuel conditioning module (dfcm) and/or may 10/1/1 pressure…
Engine cooling: other model years
Other parts of the 2011 Ford F-550
6 complaintsFuel system
4 complaintsBrakes
1 complaintsEquipment
1 complaintsSteering
1 complaintsBody and structure
1 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
1 complaintsVehicle speed control
1 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2011 Ford F-550
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 27, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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